CHAPTER II
Cappadocia in Ancient Times -- The First Mithridates Mithridates Eupator -- His First Difficulty with the Romans -- Sends an Ambassador to Them -- His Dispute with Nicomedes -- Duplicity of the Roman Legates[8] Who were the rulers of Cappadocia before the Macedonians I am not able to say exactly -- whether it had a government of its own or was subject to Darius. I judge that Alexander left behind him governors of the conquered nations to collect the tribute while he hastened after Darius. But it appears that he restored to Amisus, a city of Pontus, of Attic origin, its original democratic form of government. Yet Hieronymus1 says that he did not touch those nations at all, but that he went after Darius by another road, along the sea-coast of Pamphylia and Cilicia. But Perdiccas, who ruled the Macedonians after Alexander, captured and hanged Ariarthes, the governor of Cappadocia, either
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